The Reserve Study Is Evidence. What a Board Does With It Is Governance.
July 13, 2026 No Comments
How reserve funding, structural integrity, and mortgage eligibility became one fiduciary question.
Deep dives, commentary, and occasional musings on trust, judgment, and leadership — and occasional lunacy. The kind that finds you in a rabbit hole at 2 a.m., checking to see if Wikipedia has an entry about Judy Carne, Burt Reynolds, ‘Evening Shade,’ and flaming toupees.
How reserve funding, structural integrity, and mortgage eligibility became one fiduciary question.
What the Champlain Towers South investigation teaches boards about the distance between knowing and acting.
Your messages sound important but change nothing. The problem isn’t the prose — it’s an unrealistic expectation about how communication actually works.
Same qualifications. Same experience. Same result: silence. The problem isn’t your résumé or your skills. Here’s what’s actually happening in the room.
Most leaders in crisis think they have two choices. There’s a third. Here’s how executive coaching helps you make hard decisions with clarity, not desperation.
You volunteered to serve your community. Now you’re making million-dollar decisions with no training. Here’s what board consulting actually is — and does.
When the pressure’s on, generic advice doesn’t cut it. Here’s what Reputation Matters does, who it’s for, and why clarity matters more than volume.
HOA board favoritism accusations rarely mean the board is actually playing favorites. They mean the enforcement process isn’t documented. Here’s what that costs.
HOA rule enforcement feels inconsistent because the rules aren’t clear enough to apply consistently. Here’s what’s actually causing it — and how structure fixes it.
Without structure, capable boards repeat the same conversations, delaying decisions that actually move things forward.
Why do smart, well-intentioned people still make bad group decisions? It’s about structure. This piece examines how boards, executives, and job seekers all fall into the same trap.”
Trust in leadership isn’t repaired in moments of crisis. It’s revealed there. This piece explores how everyday decisions quietly determine whether disagreement leads to progress—or paralysis—when the stakes rise.